M4 crash in Bridgend on 11 February 2016 at 08:45 involving a Kia Picanto
A Kia Picanto and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the M4 in Bridgend at 08:45 on Thursday 11 February 2016. The 44-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Feb 2016
- Thursday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Picanto and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53334, longitude -3.55015, in the CF35 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bridgend
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016621600349
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 1995.
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the M4 in Bridgend, 21 December 1995
30 m awayRef 199562F047995
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the M4 in Bridgend, 7 March 2017
33 m awayRef 2017621700398
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the M4 in Bridgend, 24 July 2025
37 m awayRef 2025622500510
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the M4 in Bridgend, 10 January 2016
50 m awayRef 2016621600104
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the M4 in Bridgend, 21 November 1996
64 m awayRef 199662F042996
Slight
Vauxhall Chevette crash on the M4 in Bridgend, 20 July 1990
74 m awayRef 1990620F02440
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Picanto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2016621600349 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bridgend road accident statistics for 2016.